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A portion of the master proof of The Tunnel: includes cover letter, memo, routing slips, dust jacket, acknowledgement, artwork and title pages and the first three chapters of the novel. Includes light proof corrections.

Two letters and one document outlining Gass's layout and design intructions for The Tunnel, some of which were rejected by the publisher.

Early narrative outline of Omensetter's Luck plot points and chapters.

Two early typescript drafts of the beginning of Omensetter's Luck,with some autograph corrections by the author.

Corrected typescript draft of an essay first published inThe New Republic, July 17, 1968, reprinted inThe Purdue AlumnusandThe Penguin Book of Essay,and collected inFiction and the Figures of Life.

Front cover of an uncorrected page proof by Harper & Row ofFiction and the Figures of Life. Never published by Harper & Row, the book was moved to and published by Knopf in 1970.

Four printout draft versions of an early draft of "Krystalnacht," a section of The Tunnel, with autograph notation at the end.

Typescript draft of first portion ofOn Being Blue--in blue type, with occasional autograph corrections. Also includes three pages of typescript draft fragments.

Cover of uncorrected proof of Middle C.

Autograph chapter outline notes on Omensetter's Luck,in a blue examination booklet.